Episode 252: The Robin Hood Studio Podcast

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| Robin Hood Brians was involved in music from the tender age of five. His first performances were in Corsicana, Texas on the Lion’s Club Variety Show. Robin had a quartet in Junior High called “The Four Roses.” His choir teacher sometimes accompanied them in which case they were booked as “The Four Roses and a Fifth.” After High School, he formed a band called “Robin Hood and His Merry Men” that played dances and shows throughout the Ark-La-TEX area. In 1957, he recorded his song called “Dis-A-Itty-Bit.” While it was not a national hit, The current Robin Hood Studios was built in 1963 in what had been the back yard of Bob and Audrey Brians' residence at 1024 West 10th Street in Tyler, Texas. Officially named “Brians Studios”, however since everyone called it Robin Hood Studios, the name was soon changed. The first Billboard hits for Robin Hood Studios came from “Mountain Of Love” by David Houston on Epic Records. Other artists who recorded at Robin Hood includes Ike and Tina Turner, Z Z Top, John Fred & His Playboy Band, The Uniques, The Five Americans, Southwest FOB, Mouse & the Traps, Jon & Robin, Gladstone and hundreds of other regional acts.
David Houston - Mountain of Love (1963 – Robin’s 1st hit in C&W),
The Uniques - Not Too Long Ago (1965 - 45rpm
The Uniques – All These Things (1966 – Uniquely Yours),
Mouse And The Traps - Maid Of Sugar, Maid Of Spice (1966 – Tyler’s own garage band),
Exit 9 – The Heard (1967 – 45 rpm),
Only Ones - Another Place (1967 – 45 rpm),
Five Americans – Zip Code (1967 – Progressions),
John Fred and The Playboys - Judy In Disguise (1967 – Agnes English), Nat Stuckey – Pop A Top (1968 - Nat Stuckey Really Sings),
Southwest F.O.B. – Smell Of Incense (1968 – Smell Of Incense),
American Blues - Keep My Heart In A Rage (1969 – Is Here with Dusty Hill and Frank Beard),
Dale Hawkins – L.A., Memphis, and Tyler (1969 with Ronnie Weiss aka “Mouse”),
Z. Z. Top – Just Got Back From Baby’s (1971 -First Album),
Rio Grande – Nice and Easy (1971 Rio Grande w Ronnie Weiss aka “Mouse”),
Gladstone – A Piece Of Paper (1972 A Piece of Paper),
Z. Z. Top - Apologies To Pearly (1972 Rio Grande Mud),
Willis Alan Ramsey - Northeast Texas Women (1972 Willis Alan Ramsey),
Z. Z. Top – Have You Heard (1973 Tres Hombres),
Rusty Wier – Think About It (1973 Stacked Deck),
Southpaw – Run Away (1980 – Southpaw was a Southern rock band from Haughton, LA),
Johnny Campbell – Sky Is Crying (1999 – Tyler, Texas Sessions, Johnny was from Shreveport/Carthage, Texas),
Freda and The Firedogs – Your Good Girls Gonna Go Bad (2002 Freda and The Firedogs, Austin,TX),
Michelle Hanlon – This Is My Day (2014 Michelle is a Texas singer songwriter… find out more at www.michellehanlon.com)/
A few more of Robin Hood’s work of east Texas artists:
Only Ones – Can’t Trust A Woman,
The Heard – You’re Gonna Miss Me,
Johnny Campbell – Driftin’ and Driftin’
Eny this slice of east Texas!

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